A forest fire in the territory of the state forest natural reserve "Ertis Ormany" was shown from above, Tengrinews.kz reports with reference to the press secretary of the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife Saken Dildakhmet.
On June 13, on the territory of the Galkinsky forestry of the Shalday branch of the State Forest Natural Reserve "Ertis Ormany" in the Pavlodar region, a forest fire was noticed.
At present, the reserve and the Kazavialesohrana Reservation State Unitary Enterprise are working to extinguish a forest fire. To extinguish a forest fire, a MI-2 helicopter with six personnel (paratroopers of the Kazavialesoohrana RGKP), five fire engines, two tractors with fire fighting equipment and two passenger cars are involved.
"Information on the number of forest fires involved in extinguishing is being specified. The cause of the fire is from a lightning discharge. The wind direction is southwest, 10 meters per second, at the time of the fire detection the air temperature was 34 degrees. The estimated fire area is 100 hectares (forest crops) . The fire is being extinguished, "said Dildahmet.
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